Solar Energy 101 | GCEP Symposium 2011

Michael McGehee discusses solar technology and photovoltaics. He is an Associate Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department and Director of the Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics at Stanford University. His research interests are patterning materials at the nanometer length scale, semiconducting polymers and solar cells. He has taught courses on nanotechnology, organic semiconductors, polymer science and solar cells.

[mrwess]

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[brothermalcolm]

i thought that kid asked a great question at the end when he wanted to differentiate between thermodynamic limit and the shockley quisser limit

[brothermalcolm]

first solar might have the best technology that can overthrow the Si hegemony - thin film CdTe

[brothermalcolm]

which pv technology will win the race? he predicts Si will go down to 50c/W but no further, therefore some other type of cell e.g. CIGS might steal the show. Si is proven and can last for 25 years on the field with no damage.